Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin remained on the sidelines as the Yao Clan’s defenses collapsed, until the Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul entrusted him with its Origin Essence. When the Four Demon Saints attacked, Xuan Jin revealed his Nine-Star Dou Saint pressure, stopping the formation and leaving both the Soul Hall forces and Nihility Devouring Flame unwilling to advance.

• The Four Demon Saints’ combined formation overwhelmed the Yao Clan’s defenses, forcing Yao Dan to awaken the Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul with the Heaven-Transforming Medicine Array.
• The Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul secretly sent its Origin Essence to Xuan Jin after recognizing his strength and potential to protect the Yao Clan bloodline.
• The Remnant Soul clashed with the Four Demon Saints while Xuan Jin assessed the battlefield and waited for an opening.
• The Four Demon Saints attacked Xuan Jin, but an unseen force halted their black flames before he released his Nine-Star Dou Saint pressure and shattered their formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame stepped back, and the Four Demon Saints held their ground as Xuan Jin advanced and circulated the Emperor Flame World-Suppressing Art.

Xuan Jin shattered the Nihility Devouring Flame’s barrier and led the survivors out of the Medicine Realm, where the Soul Clan continued its purge of the Yao Clan. After ensuring the refugees were safe, he arranged for them to return to the Ancient Realm and set out for the Pill Tower, with news of the Medicine Realm’s destruction poised to spread.

• Xuan Jin used the Emperor Flame World-Suppressing Art to break a gap in the barrier, then invited everyone who wanted to leave to follow him.
• Gu Nanhai, Old Man Shennong, Yao Tian, the Yao Clan survivors, and others escaped through the passage while Xuan Jin drove back Hun Sha’s pursuit.
• Yao Dan left after the Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul faded, and the Nihility Devouring Flame let the survivors escape before ordering Soul Hall experts to continue extracting the Medicine Emperor Bloodline.
• Xuan Jin emerged last in northeastern Zhongzhou, concealed his power, and confirmed that no pursuers followed.
• Xuan Jin arranged for Old Man Shennong to carry news to the Yan Clan and for the Ancient Clan to escort the Yao Clan to the Ancient Realm, then headed for the Pill Tower.

After the Yao Clan was destroyed, the other clans prepared to guard their Ancient Jade while Hun Tiandi ordered agents to steal the remaining pieces. Xuan Jin returned safely to Saint Pill City and reunited with his family.

• Gu Nanhai led the Ancient Clan juniors back to the Ancient Realm, Old Man Shennong returned to the Yan Realm, and Xuan Jin went to Saint Pill City, leaving Yao Tian with the Yao Clan survivors.
• Old Man Shennong reported the Yao Clan's destruction and Xuan Jin's strength to Yan Jin, who ordered the Yan Clan's Ancient Jade secured under the highest alert.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi about Xuan Jin's power, but Hun Tiandi dismissed him as a minor obstacle and ordered the plan activated.
• Hun Tiandi commanded his agents in the Yan Clan, Thunder Clan, and Ancient Clan to steal their Ancient Jade, prioritizing the Ancient Clan's two pieces.
• Xuan Jin returned to his courtyard in Saint Pill City, embraced Xuan Xi, and asked Cao Ying whether anything had happened while he was away.

After returning from the Medicine Realm, Xuan Jin quietly refined the Medicine Emperor’s origin essence while Saint Pill City remained peaceful. The calm ended when Huo Zhi reported that the Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, and Thunder Clan had all had their Ancient Jade stolen at nearly the same time, leaving Hun Tiandi with every piece.

• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying and the others that the Pharmacopoeia ended and that he returned safely, while Cao Ying asked whether the Soul Clan had truly begun to act.
• Xuan Jin spent three months refining the Medicine Emperor’s origin essence, strengthening his foundation without advancing his cultivation.
• Cao Ying joined Xuan Jin in reviewing a pill formula, and they discussed its heat during a quiet afternoon.
• Huo Zhi reported that the Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, and Thunder Clan had their Ancient Jade stolen at nearly the same hour.
• Xuan Jin realized that Hun Tiandi now possessed every piece of Ancient Jade.

After the Soul Clan stole the Ancient Jades from the Yan, Thunder, and Ancient Clans, Xuan Jin reassured his allies that Hun Tiandi would not become an Emperor quickly and traveled to the Yan Clan. He revealed that Zhu Kun was trapped inside the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and would become their ally when Hun Tiandi entered.

• Huo Zhi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin learned that the Soul Clan had stolen the Ancient Jades from the Yan, Thunder, and Ancient Clans, while Xuan Jin told them not to panic or change Saint Pill City's routine.
• Xuan Jin left for the Yan Clan and ordered Xiao Yi Xian to tell Cai'er to stay in the city and to take Zi Yan and Qing Lin to Ancient Dragon Island if trouble arose.
• At Flame Palace, Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit told Xuan Jin that the Yan Clan could not stop the Soul Clan from opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Xuan Jin revealed to Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit that Zhu Kun, the former Dragon Emperor and a peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, was imprisoned inside the cave mansion.
• Xuan Jin told Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit that Zhu Kun would intervene when Hun Tiandi opened the cave mansion and would become their ally.

Xuan Jin told the Yan Clan that he planned to enter the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and become an Emperor, insisting he was completely confident. After returning to Saint Pill City, he waited for Hun Tiandi to open the cave mansion and reassured his companions before asking about Xuan Xi's training.

• Xuan Jin told Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit that he would enter the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion to become an Emperor, and claimed he was one hundred percent confident.
• Yan Jin agreed to keep the Yan Clan on guard, preserve its strength, and reassure the Ancient Clan and Thunder Clan while waiting for Xuan Jin's message.
• Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City and told Cao Ying and Ya Fei that he would set out after Hun Tiandi opened the cave mansion.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xuan Jin that Cai'er would stay in the city and Zi Yan was training to reach six-star Dou Saint; Ya Fei reported that the Soul Clan had made little movement.
• Xuan Jin reassured Cao Ying that he could handle the Soul Clan's powerful fighters, then promised Xuan Xi he would defeat the bad guys and asked about her training.

Xuan Xi demonstrated that she had reached two-star Dou Ling at six years old, while Xuan Jin and the others discussed her extraordinary bloodline. As Soul Hall searched across Zhongzhou for the cave mansion’s location, Xuan Jin waited for Hun Tiandi to find it and continued refining his cultivation in Saint Pill City.

• Xuan Xi revealed that she had reached two-star Dou Ling, and Xuan Jin confirmed her qi sea was solid and showed signs of Emperor Blood reverting to its source.
• Xuan Jin joked that Soul Hall would have to face Xuan Xi when she grew up, and Xuan Xi said she would beat them and chase them away.
• Ya Fei reported that Soul Hall teams were searching across Zhongzhou while the Ancient Clan, Yan Clan, and Thunder Clan guarded their territories.
• Xuan Jin said Hun Tiandi would eventually locate the cave mansion using the Ancient Jade and ordered the Pill Tower to report on Soul Hall’s search every three days.
• Xuan Jin continued refining his Dou Qi and the fusion of his ten Heavenly Flames while Qing Lin brought him tea.

Xuan Jin stabilized his Dou Qi and learned that the Soul Hall was searching the northwest for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. He sent word to the Yan Realm that the mansion was at Jia Nan Academy, intending to draw the clan leaders there while he waited for the entrance to open.

• Zi Yan announced that she had reached the threshold of six-star Dou Saint and went into seclusion for around two months.
• Xuan Jin trained until the Emperor Flame World-Suppressing Art's Dou Qi consumption fell to ten percent and his ten Heavenly Flames formed a stable fusion.
• Xuan Jin learned that Soul Hall scouts were searching around Jia Nan Academy and ordered the Alliance's people there to withdraw quietly.
• Xuan Jin told Huo Zhi to inform the Yan Realm that the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xuan Jin explained to Qing Lin that he wanted the clan leaders to guard the cave mansion and wait for Hun Tiandi to open it, while he stayed behind until then.

Xuan Jin monitored the Soul Clan’s search for the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion while waiting for Zi Yan to complete her breakthrough. After she reached early six-star Dou Saint, the Soul Clan found the cave beneath Jia Nan Academy, and Hun Tiandi arrived at Saint Pill City.

• Huo Zhi relayed Xuan Jin’s message to Yan Jin, who agreed that the three clans would stay on guard and conserve their strength.
• Xuan Jin had Ya Fei continue monitoring the Soul Hall as its forces gathered near Jia Nan Academy and the three clan leaders secretly assembled their elites.
• Zi Yan broke through to early six-star Dou Saint and asked Xuan Jin to bring her along to the Black Corner Region.
• Ya Fei reported that the Soul Clan had found the cave’s coordinates beneath Jia Nan Academy, where Nihility Devouring Flame and the Four Demon Saints had sealed off the area.
• Xuan Jin told everyone to prepare but waited for Hun Tiandi to arrive before setting out; the next morning, Hun Tiandi appeared above Saint Pill City.

Xuan Jin and Zi Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy as Hun Tiandi opened the stone gate with the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade. Zhu Kun burst from the gate in a frenzied state and attacked the Soul Hall forces.

• Xuan Jin left home with Zi Yan after Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian learned the Soul Clan had made its move.
• Hun Tiandi used the complete Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the underground stone gate while Nihility Devouring Flame and the Four Demon Saints sealed off Jia Nan Academy.
• Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and Lei Ying sensed the gate opening and waited for Xuan Jin to arrive.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan appeared above Jia Nan Academy, where Xuan Jin sensed Zhu Kun trapped inside the gate.
• Hun Tiandi continued opening the gate as Nihility Devouring Flame moved to keep Xuan Jin from interfering.
• Zhu Kun erupted from the opened gate in a frenzied state and burned dozens of Soul Hall elders with his dragon flame.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and admitted he had wronged her, while Xuan Jin and the others entered the cave mansion to stop Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. The pill emerged as a powerful old man and confronted Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Zhu Kun transformed into human form, recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, and apologized after she said he could not erase his debt to her with a few words.
• Yan Jin, Gu Yuan, and Lei Ying watched from afar and speculated that Xuan Jin had known about Zhu Kun and Zi Yan all along.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame entered the cave mansion, and Zhu Kun warned Xuan Jin that its Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill rivaled a Half-Step Dou Emperor.
• Xuan Jin, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun followed into the cave mansion, while Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying also headed inside.
• Hun Tiandi broke the seal holding the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, which took the form of a gray-robed old man and rejected Hun Tiandi's offer.
• The Embryonic Pill struck Hun Tiandi back, and Nihility Devouring Flame attacked it with black flames.

Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to transform the Half-Step Dou Emperor into the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, which Hun Tiandi seized and swallowed. He escaped with Nihility Devouring Flame after gaining power that left him just one step from becoming a Dou Emperor, while Xuan Jin and the others were left behind.

• The old man tore away more than half of Nihility Devouring Flame’s black fire as Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Hun Tiandi joined the battle against him.
• Xuan Jin warned Zhu Kun and Zi Yan not to charge into the fight, while Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and began the Pill Transformation Divine Technique.
• The four attackers kept the old man occupied as the Pill-Transforming Ring took shape and stripped away his origin, turning him into the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.
• Hun Tiandi seized the pill and swallowed it before Gu Yuan and the others could stop him.
• Hun Tiandi’s aura erupted, and he declared that he was one step from becoming a Dou Emperor before fleeing with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Zhu Kun, and Zi Yan reacted to Hun Tiandi’s escape as Xuan Jin watched the direction he had gone.

Zhu Kun discovered Tou She Ancient God's inheritance inside the stone statue, but he and Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin could not sense it. As everyone turned to Xuan Jin, he said he did not need to comprehend the inheritance, while considering a surprise attack on Soul Hall during Hun Tiandi's seclusion.

• Zhu Kun recognized the aura inside the statue as Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, which he had failed to obtain before being trapped in the cave abode.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Zhu Kun sat around the statue to seek the inheritance, while Xuan Jin and Zi Yan stayed aside.
• Xuan Jin considered gathering their forces to attack Soul Hall while Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and Nihility Devouring Flame guarded him.
• The four leaders failed to sense the inheritance, and Gu Yuan asked Xuan Jin to try.
• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that Xuan Jin was her husband, and Zhu Kun deferred their discussion until later.
• Xuan Jin told everyone he did not need to comprehend the inheritance.

Xuan Jin revealed that the Burning Art came from the Tou She Ancient God and proposed attacking Nihility Devouring Flame while Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun agreed to join the plan, while Zi Yan stayed behind as the others prepared to act.

• Xuan Jin told Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun that his Burning Art was an inheritance from the Tou She Ancient God, and Gu Yuan declared the inheritance matter settled.
• Xuan Jin explained that Hun Tiandi would hide away to refine the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame as his protector.
• Xuan Jin proposed using Zhu Kun to occupy Hun Tiandi while he and Gu Yuan captured Nihility Devouring Flame, and Zhu Kun agreed to join the attack.
• Gu Yuan agreed to the plan, while Yan Jin and Lei Ying stayed behind to guard the area and prepare support.
• Zi Yan argued that she should join the mission, but Xuan Jin convinced her to remain behind, promising to return safely.

Xuan Jin calmed the dispute between Zi Yan and Zhu Kun before laying out a plan to attack the Soul Clan and capture Nihility Devouring Flame. The allied clan leaders agreed to prepare in secret for a surprise attack in half a month.

• Zi Yan told Zhu Kun that she had chosen Xuan Jin herself, and Zhu Kun reluctantly said he had no objections.
• Yan Jin teased Zhu Kun for being unable to overrule his daughter, while Zhu Kun gradually felt reassured that Zi Yan had a family and someone to protect her.
• Zhu Kun asked Xuan Jin when they would attack Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xuan Jin warned that the group was not coordinated enough to attack immediately.
• Xuan Jin ordered the clan leaders to return to their clans and prepare for a secret surprise attack on the Soul Clan in half a month.
• Yan Jin said he would redeploy the Yan Clan's elite while leaving enough people to guard the Myriad Flame Pool.

Xuan Jin and the clan leaders agreed to gather in Saint Pill City in half a month to attack Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame. After the others departed, Zhu Kun decided to return to Dragon Island to check on his clan and entrusted Zi Yan to Xuan Jin.

• Xuan Jin assured Zhu Kun that Hun Tiandi would still be refining the Emperor Pill in half a month and assigned Zhu Kun to keep him occupied during the attack.
• Xuan Jin set Saint Pill City as the meeting place, and Lei Ying hinted that he hoped the clans’ cooperation might lead to a marriage alliance involving Lei Ling.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying each departed after agreeing to prepare for the attack and meet again in half a month.
• Zhu Kun chose to return to Dragon Island to inspect the Ancient Dragon Tribe, while Zi Yan agreed to meet him again after the surprise attack.
• Zhu Kun entrusted Zi Yan to Xuan Jin before leaving.

Xuan Jin and Zi Yan returned to Saint Pill City after finding Zi Yan’s father, Zhu Kun, in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. As Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Pill in secret, Xuan Jin told his companions that Zhu Kun was the former Dragon Emperor and a peak nine-star Dou Saint.

• Zhu Kun left Xuan Jin and Zi Yan, saying they would meet in Saint Pill City in half a month.
• Zi Yan asked how her father had endured his long imprisonment, and Xuan Jin told her it was because of her.
• In the Soul Realm, Nihility Devouring Flame and four Soul Clan Demon Saints waited while Hun Tiandi refined the Emperor Pill and discussed the Soul Clan’s plans for domination.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan returned to the Pill Tower Branch Courtyard, where their companions asked what had happened in the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion.
• Xuan Jin revealed that Hun Tiandi had opened the cave mansion and freed Zhu Kun, Zi Yan’s father and the former Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xuan Jin confirmed that Zhu Kun was a peak nine-star Dou Saint, and Qing Lin asked whether Zi Yan was happy to have found him.

Xuan Jin learned that Hun Tiandi had seized and was refining an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, then spent a week keeping company with the women in the garden. Just as he prepared to leave for the planned ambush on the Soul Hall, Cai'er told him she was pregnant, leaving him to depart with fresh concern.

• Xuan Jin told everyone Hun Tiandi had swallowed an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill and was refining it in seclusion.
• Xuan Jin spent a day each with Xuan Yi, Cao Ying and Xixi, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Huo Zhi, Tang Huo'er, and Ya Fei.
• Xuan Jin went to Cai'er's courtyard before leaving to meet Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the others, and Cai'er told him she was pregnant.
• Qing Lin reminded Xuan Jin that the three clan leaders had arrived at the agreed location, and Cai'er urged him to go without worrying about her.
• Xuan Jin left for the Soul Hall ambush with concern for Cai'er and their unborn child.

Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xuan Jin, and the other clan leaders set out to attack the Soul Clan, targeting Nihility Devouring Flame while avoiding a direct clash with Hun Tiandi. They entered the Soul Clan's territory without raising an alarm, where Xuan Jin explained that most of its elites had been reassigned to protect Hun Tiandi.

• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Fairy Fire Spirit, and Zhu Kun gathered outside Saint Pill City before Xuan Jin arrived.
• Xuan Jin warned the group to target Nihility Devouring Flame and retreat if Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion, and Zhu Kun agreed to follow his plan.
• The group traveled to the Soul Clan's territory, where Zhu Kun tore through its defensive barrier with a wave of his hand.
• The group crossed the Soul Clan's territory without encountering guards, and Xuan Jin told Yan Jin that most of the Soul Clan's elites had been transferred elsewhere to protect Hun Tiandi.

Xuan Jin and Gu Yuan led an assault on the Soul Clan’s forbidden ground, aiming to capture Nihility Devouring Flame before Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion. They sealed Nihility Devouring Flame and defeated his guards, then escaped through a spatial rift before Hun Tiandi could arrive.

• Xuan Jin stopped Zhu Kun from charging toward Hun Tiandi, explaining that disrupting his seclusion could leave the group vulnerable to backlash.
• Gu Lie, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Fairy Fire Spirit, and the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan attacked Hun Tu, Hun Sha, Hun Jing, and Hun Yan outside the palace.
• Nihility Devouring Flame emerged and trapped Xuan Jin and Gu Yuan in black flames, but the two combined their techniques to restrain and weaken him.
• Xuan Jin used the Emperor Flame World-Suppressing Art to expose Nihility Devouring Flame’s Heavenly Flame true body and sealed it in a Jade Slip.
• The attackers defeated the four Soul Clan guards, then retreated through a spatial rift before Hun Tiandi could emerge from seclusion.